Extension Update on Helene Response Efforts

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Many of you have expressed a desire to aid with the flood response in Western North Carolina. Your heartfelt desire to help is greatly appreciated, and I know that when the time is right, you will have opportunities to provide more direct assistance.

In the meantime, here is what experience has taught us, along with the current guidance from North Carolina Emergency Management:

  1. The Commissioner of NCDOT has stipulated that we are to consider all roads in Western North Carolina CLOSED. While some roads are slowly being reopened, the order was given to keep people from coming to the western part of the state to provide assistance. There are a large number of restricted spaces, and adding more people that are not officially approved to provide assistance can create unwanted traffic issues. Please do not go to Western North Carolina until the state indicates it is OK to do so.
  2. The N.C. Emergency Management, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Samaritan’s Purse, Baptists on Mission and others are distributing food and water, as well as other needed supplies to the communities most in need.
     
    Any donations to the storm recovery efforts should be made to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund, Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way or other authorized agencies rather than delivered by individuals at this time. The state is turning people away who “just show up to help.”
  3. As we learn more about specific needs, N.C. Cooperative Extension will organize opportunities for everyone to help with the storm recovery. However, as noted on the news and through many other outlets, there are still people missing and navigating the storm-affected areas is treacherous. NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson has shared resources to help monitor the situation out west.
  4. To keep informed and learn how to help, join the daily Zoom disaster calls at 1 p.m. at https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/97605598800.

In the meantime, another way you can potentially help is to share key resources with your contacts and those in need, such as those found above and on Extension’s N.C. Disaster Information Center and the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ disaster resources site.

Thank you for all you do for the residents of your communities, and for what you will do in the future to provide assistance to Western North Carolina.

UPDATE (10/1): View a message from CALS Dean Garey Fox, Helping Our CALS Community Through the Western NC Devastation.

Sincerely,
Mike Yoder, Sarah Kirby and David Monks

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